Some verbs, in their first person singular form, have an unpronounced '-s' at the end. For example, je suis, je finis, etc.
In Latin, the suffix for first person singular was '-o' or '-m': thus sum ...

How does the Latin “SAPIAT” become “sache” [saʃ] in modern French?
I thought the reason may be palatalisation as [ʃ] seems to be a palatal sound, but I can't think of any other examples to prove this ...

It always confounded me why Russian language borrowed the Western word “concurrence” (конкуренция) to mean “competition”. English concurrence means “coincidence” or “agreement” more often than not, ...

There are lots of latin phrases in common use in English. Is it suitable/appropriate/common to directly use them in French, exactly like I would for English?
For the purposes of discussion lets look ...